People & Places archive
Monday, January 26, 2009
Movies
'The Wrestler' Director: Fake Sport, Real Pathos
January 26, 2009 How do you make a realistic film about a notoriously "fake" sport? That was the question Darren Aronofsky faced when he agreed to direct The Wrestler, starring Mickey Rourke as a gnarled professional wrestler whose glory days are gone.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
U.S.
Ohio Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, 58, Dies
August 20, 2008 Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, 58, died Wednesday, at a Cleveland hospital from a brain hemorrhage caused by an aneurysm. A five-term Democrat from Ohio, Tubbs Jones, was the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Remembrances
Mormon Leader Gordon B. Hinckley Dies at 97
January 28, 2008 The president and prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) has died after leading millions of Mormon faithful for nearly 13 years. Gordon B. Hinckley was 97. He had spent most of his adult life in the Mormon leadership.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Interviews
Student Describes Surviving Classroom Killing
April 18, 2007 Virginia Tech junior Clay Violand was in French class at Norris Hall on Monday morning when Seung-hui Cho entered the classroom and began shooting. Violand said he doesn't understand how he escaped being shot by Cho.
Commentary
Columbine Survivor With Words for Virginia Students
April 18, 2007 A survivor of the Columbine High School massacre, Brooks Brown has this advice for Virginia Tech students: "Do not internalize. Talk to everyone you can about what happened." Brown was an on-again, off-again friend of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.
